Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hypocritical though it was , would n't she have been wiser to have led Luke on a little , been a bit more responsive when the opportunity arose ? |
| 2 | She thought she had been sympathetic to him , but , in the pain of love herself , could she have been kinder ? |
| 3 | ‘ Would she have been happier , do you think ? |
| 4 | Why the hell could n't you have been nicer to her , Mother ? ’ |
| 5 | Would n't you have been wiser to call them back ? |
| 6 | Would it have been better if , like other men , he had not told her ? |
| 7 | Would it have been better with another family on board ? |
| 8 | But would it have been better ? |
| 9 | Would it have been better had you gone to the other jobs ? |
| 10 | Yes I did know she was going to be in Caracas and No I did n't tell you and Yes that was wrong but would it have been better if I 'd told you ? |
| 11 | would n't it have been better if they 'd done it before |
| 12 | Would it have been better if it had not been a corner ball ? |
| 13 | ‘ But , ’ I said , ‘ would n't it have been simpler just to have snapped its neck ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Would n't it have been simpler for you to be independent back home ? ’ |
| 15 | Would it have been easier if she had n't seen Lucy almost every day for four years going into or out of the office next door ? |